Tutor information
Elena Vacca
Elena Giulia Vacca is a Classicist specialising in Comparative Literature and Classical Reception in Russian Literature. She lectures in Latin Language at the University of Oxford and is also a Classics tutor for Latin and Classical Greek in City Literary Institute of London. She is currently working on her PhD project at the University of Oxford. She also teaches Italian as a foreign language (L2) in the Italian Cultural Institute of London.
Courses
This course introduces you to the basic principles of Classical Latin. It provides a firm basis of grammar, sentence structure and vocabulary of the language, through which you will be able to read and translate into English Roman drama in adaptation.
Expand your knowledge of Latin with this 10-week course. Learn some fundamental new grammar and syntax, and read (in Latin!) about some legends and events of early and late republican Roman history.
This course introduces you to the basic principles of Ancient Greek. It provides a firm basis of grammar, sentence structure and vocabulary of the Attic Greek, through which you will be able to read and translate adapted Greek texts into English.
Continue developing your knowledge of Latin with this 10-week course. Besides learning some new grammar and fundamental syntax, you will read some texts adapted from Cicero, about the corruption of the governor Verres.
This course builds on Part 1, and allows you to extend and revise your grammatical knowledge so far while reading some engaging texts in Greek.
This 10-week consolidation course is based on the syllabus of the previous two terms and is primarily tailored to meet the needs of students who completed the weekly class, but new students who are at the appropriate level of proficiency are also welcome.